mustang

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Mexican Spanish mestengo, from Old Spanish mesteño (“feral animal”) or mestengo (“feral animal”). === Pronunciation === (without æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈmʌˌstæŋ/ (æ-raising) (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈmʌˌsteɪ̯ŋ/, [ˈmʌˌsteɪ̯ŋ]; /ˈmʌˌstɛ̃ŋ/, [ˈmʌˌstɛ̃ŋ] Rhymes: -æŋ Hyphenation: must‧ang === Noun === mustang (plural mustangs) A small, hardy, naturalized (feral) horse of the North American west. (US, military slang) A merchant marine who joined the U.S. Navy as a commissioned officer during the American Civil War. 1903, James Hoyt (editor), Seen & Heard by Megargee, L.N. Megargee, page 1754: (US, military slang, generalized) A commissioned officer who started military service as an enlisted person. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === mustang (third-person singular simple present mustangs, present participle mustanging, simple past and past participle mustanged) (US) To hunt mustangs (wild horses), either for military use or for slaughter as pet food. === Anagrams === tangums, stagnum, manguts, magnuts, Gutmans == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈmustaŋk] === Noun === mustang m anim mustang (horse) ==== Declension ==== This noun needs an inflection-table template. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mys.tɑ̃ɡ/ Hyphenation: mus‧tang === Noun === mustang m (plural mustangs) mustang === Further reading === “mustang”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English mustang. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmus.taŋk/ Rhymes: -ustaŋk Syllabification: mus‧tang Homophone: Mustang === Noun === mustang m animal mustang (small, hardy, naturalized (feral) horse of the North American west) Hypernym: koń Ford Mustang car (usually in the plural) jeans or shoes by Mustang Holding ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “mustang”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “mustang”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English mustang. === Noun === mustang m (plural mustangi) mustang ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English mustang. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmastein/ [ˈmas.t̪ẽĩn] Rhymes: -astein IPA(key): /ˈmustan/ [ˈmus.t̪ãn] Rhymes: -ustan Syllabification: mus‧tang === Noun === mustang m (plural mustangs) mustang Synonym: mustango ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “mustang”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA